A software architect with Infosys, he bought a 30ftx50ft in BTM Layout in 2003 paying Rs 24.41lakh to the BDA. He's still not sure when the BDA will register the site in his name despite the Supreme Court, in an August 9 order, directing the agency to do it.

“I'm happy the Supreme Court upheld my plea. Real justice will be done only when the BDA registers the site and issue the possession certificate to me. It seems a distant dream for now,“ said Anupkumar. P M Anupkumar, who bought a BDA site in BTM Layout in 2003, went to the BDA soon after the SC ruled that the authority must register the site in his name. However, all that he got from the agency was an acknowledgment of his reminder about the registration.

“We met the BDA's law officer and showed him the Supreme Court order. I don't know how long we have to wait,“ said PR Muralidhar, Anupkumar's father and a retired government employee. He added the amount paid to the BDA included his hard-earned money and lifetime savings.

“My son had taken a bank loan and has paid interest. We deserve compensation too, but we just expect the BDA to hand over the site to us,“ he added.

However, BDA officials said they will go by the law. “If the Supreme Court has said something, we have to abide by it. Let us study the judgment,“ BDA commissioner Rakesh Singh said.

Denotification muddle:

The government acquired 6 acres, 20 guntas, including Survey No. 50 in BTM Layout, Tavarekere, in 1977.The land was handed over to the BDA on March 23, 1984, after completing the acquisition. Mean while, several writ petitions challenging the acquisition were filed in the high court which the court dismissed in December 1984.

However, the government withdrew the acquisition and denotified the land in April 2001. The BDA took objection to the denotification, saying the acquisition could not be withdrawn since the land had already been developed.The government cancelled the notification in November 2001. The original owners moved the high court, complaining that denotification had been cancelled without issuing them a notification.The high court upheld the landowners' plea and set aside the cancellation of the denotification. The BDA approached the Supreme Court with a special leave petition challenging the high court order.

In the interim, the BDA auctioned 44 sites in 2003, and Anup kumar bought one of them. With the land acquisition process in court, the BDA refused to register the site and Anupkumar impleaded himself with the SLP filed by the BDA in the Supreme Court. However, the BDA withdrew the SLP, leaving Anupkumar alone to fight the case.

“If you scrutinize the chronology of events, it may lead you to the denotification racket.While it involves the unholy nexus between bureaucrats, politicians and real estate operators, it takes a thorough investigation to expose them all,“ said K N Balaraj, who is the petitioner along with fellow advocate Sirajin Basha in the denotification case against the BS Yeddyurappa government.

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